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NPR's Sarah McCammon speaks to Greg DiLoreto, president of the American Society of Civil Engineers, about the current state of infrastructure in the U.S., based on the group's latest assessment.

Steve Inskeep talks to Andrew Card, former chief of staff for President George W. Bush, about President Trump's tweet that Mick Mulvaney will be acting chief of staff, replacing John Kelly.

MARQUETTE, MI-- The deadline to apply for a Michigan Home Heating Credit is approaching. The Michigan Agency for Energy says low-income and senior…

NPR's Juana Summers talks with Justin Wilson about his Pokemon card collection, and he shares his tips for ascertaining a card or collection's value.

LANSING, MI (AP)-- Michigan Governor Rick Snyder is sticking by a decision to end state-funded credits on customers' water bills in Flint. He says he and…

MARQUETTE, MI-- A Marquette woman was jailed after she tried to rob a local credit union over the weekend. City Police were dispatched Saturday just…

A U.S. District court judge is wrestling with punishment for a sports memorabilia dealer. William Mastro is accused of altering a rare baseball card before selling it. The 1909 Honus Wagner card demands upwards of $2 million at auction. Melissa Block talks with memorabilia magnate Ken Goldin about the case and the card.

Consumers tend to spend about 10% more when they adopt mobile contactless payment methods, according to research from Assistant Professor Yuqian Xu at UNC-Chapel Hill.

As Americans increasingly rely on cards, not cash, to pay for small items like coffee and snacks, it's not always easy to tip those behind the counter. A new device called the "Dip Jar" might fix that, by allowing customers to dip a card to give $1 to the staff.

In the second part of our series on debt in America we'll hear about the boom in cash-out mortgage financing and about the history of debt in our society. The book mentioned is Credit Card Nation: The Consequences of America's Addiction to Credit, published by Basic Books; Dec., 2001.